3.2.3+windows 10 x64 sound stutter/glitch

[apoklyps3]

Got this wierd problem since I have installed windows 10 x64 pro and I' trying to blame windows for it , but it only happens when qbittorrent is running.
Might by a combo between both.
If qbittorrent started I get some kind of audio stutter/glitch in basicaly app .games , media playback, inside browser playback (youtube).
ram and cpu consumption are quite low from qbittorrent and i've seen on forum I'm not the only on with this problem.

[Nemo-qB]

Also here: https://qbforums.shiki.hu/index.php/topic,3743.0.html

Seems only Windows 10 users. Can't confirm this as im still on Windows 7 x64.

[apoklyps3]

seems that way,but for me it only happens when qbittorrent is running.
gonna build update my build with 4790k ,a mobo in with intel lan&a fresh install of windows 10.
will see if the problem still manifests itself

[Chocobo1]

@apoklyps3

Thanks for testing.
Would you help testing our beta version? You can get it here: https://qbforums.shiki.hu/index.php/topic,3684.0.html

[apoklyps3]

sure. will test it when I get home and let you know

[Chocobo1]

Tried win10 with qbittorrent in Virtualbox, the phenomenon is there: rare/minor pops are detected.

However, doing the following greatly reduced the audio drop/pop for me:

• Open:
  
• Select Properties
  
• Uninstall or uncheck every item except IPv4 and IPv6
  
• (may need to) reboot

[apoklyps3]

has no effect whatsoever...

[italiauno]

i've exactly the same issue described by apoklyps3 into post n°1...

OS: 10 x64

[italiauno]

at this point i'm almost sure to have addressed the issue as the micro-freeze* that i observe occur only when qbittorrent is active (duration→0,5s, frequency→1/2 hour)

*audio stutter/glitch

OS: 10x64 (clean install), i7 4790, Z97, latest WHQL driver

[ivan]

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/63873-audio-cutting-out-on-win-10/page5 suggests this might be fixed in Windows 10 build 10525. An even newer build, 10532, is available in the Windows Insider Fast Ring.

[apoklyps3]

can somebody test transmission client to see if they still have the same problem?

[rgfx]

This many not help those on windows 10, I have 7. But I found chrome to be the issue. What I did was download the beta canary. Disable hardware rendering and added the flag --force-wave-audio to the shortcut.

I am not sure which one those fixed helped I used this bug post as a guide https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=516196

[BobMarley77]

I have exactly the same problem. Only happens when qbittorrent is running. Windows 10 x64 (latest updates). Happens with all media players. Does anybody have a solution for this?

[apoklyps3]

yeah..go back to windows 8.1 or windows 7.
the only solution

[BobMarley77]

Come on, there's got to be a way.
Are the qbittorrent staff informed of this bug?

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yeah..go back to windows 8.1 or windows 7.
the only solution

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[apoklyps3]

it's a windows 10 bug, not related with qbittorrent in any way. it's manifests using any torrent client.

[chrishirst]

Unfortunately, as the forum is currently down we cannot point you to the thread where a fair amount of testing was done to identify the problem as a Windows 10 issue NOT a qbittorrent/libtorrent problem.

qbittorrent is the catalyst NOT the cause.

[BobMarley77]

OK, well it would be cool if you could point me to the data at some point
and I will write complaints to microsoft then.

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Unfortunately, as the forum is currently down we cannot point you to the
thread where a fair amount of testing was done to identify the problem as a
Windows 10 issue NOT a qbittorrent/libtorrent problem.

qbittorrent is the catalyst NOT the cause.

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[serhound]

Any updates on this issue? Workarounds we can do in Windows 10 knowing it's the cause?
It's so bloody annoying..

[ivan]

"Downgrade" to Windows 8.1 or switch to Ubuntu 16.04... I don't think Microsoft cares about this one, it's been busted for > 1.5 years since the Windows 10 preview.

You can try using LatencyMon, using different audio hardware, updating drivers, or disabling some of your hardware to see if the situation improves, but I wouldn't expect much. Rebooting may also help for a little while, sometimes.

[serhound]

wow.. that would be sad if true... effin Microsoft
I've done LatencyMon and hefty driver changing since the beast was born/released. win10 that is.
But no, it's still there in 2016

[tekko]

tried the bios thing?
https://qbforums.shiki.hu/index.php?topic=3743.msg20546#msg20546

[serhound]

Yep. Does not resolve the problem

[serhound]

I'm not Alex Jones, but is Microsoft trying to kill the torrent protocol?
It's still here! Anniversary edition as well.. sad!?

[mshindal]

still here

[bolux]

This bug is not per say caused by qbittorrent. It is only the catalyst. The symptom for me is a 1-2 second sound drop every 30 min when qbittorrent is on.

The cause is the bad windows 10 driver from Creative for the X-Fi series. The reason I believe that is because when I upgraded to win 10 from 8.1 all worked fine. During a driver reinstall of my sound card (the card would simply trigger by itself a driver reinstall every month or so) the bug appeared. This was the first time the issue happened and it was the first the driver got installed under windows 10. The same driver that was flawless under win 8. I updated the driver online, tried different versions, they all suffered the same problem on windows 10. Even a clean install of win 10 or a motherboard change didn't seem to improve anything.

I could reproduce the bug with only one other program: Aida64. It was when "enable disk temperature measurement" was checked. I'm guessing it has something to do with how the disk pooling is happening or something. Not sure if this helps anyone, but I would really want a fix, otherwise I'll be soon buying a new sound card.

[ivan]

FWIW I had this happen with Windows 10's built-in drivers for a USB DAC.

[serhound]

The cause is NOT a bad Windows 10 driver from the Creative X-Fi series issue
It's NOT a Windows 10 built-in drivers for USB DAC issue
Fuck the internet... but thanks for 'contributing'
Edit: Sheesh.. that was uncalled for, sorry guys. You were just adding more data to this problem. And that's good

[ivan]

I would be interested to know if this helps (I no longer have a Windows 10):

in an elevated cmd:

bcdedit /set disabledynamictick true
bcdedit /set useplatformclock false
bcdedit /set useplatformtick false

followed by a reboot.

Note that Windows will eventually reset the settings (according to the reddit comment below), so this might have to be run before every reboot.

via https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3oatuw/those_of_you_gaming_on_windows_10_heres_how_i/cvvkoun/ and
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/windows-10-high-dpc-latency/da0b269b-6e22-4275-81ee-3671fb554528?page=2

[serhound]

TCP Optimizer has solved this issue for me. Run it, select your connection speed, tick Optimal and Apply changes. Restart follows.
Thanks Ivan and kiss4luna https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/windows-10-high-dpc-latency/da0b269b-6e22-4275-81ee-3671fb554528?page=2
Well, it worked for about a day and half. And then the stutters came back.
What makes this so strange is that the stutters are so completely random.. you can have a day without them. And then the next day you get a few here and there, and so on..weird. The culprit in my case is definitely ndis.sys. I get like 54,00xx ms execution times. Or 54000 μs

[ghost]

ivan's answer worked for me! thanks!

[xDSx]

I had a similar problem on Windows 10 but with a different torrent client.
The fall creator's update (build 16299.19) fixed it.
The highest dpc execution time for ndis.sys was around 2,5 ms and for tcpip.sys 1,3 ms in the last 22 hours.

[serhound]

Yeah, fall creators update seems to have fixed the problem. The stutter is gone in my case.
I did however switch sata cable ports on my motherboard for my storage disks so I would not have to change drive letters to my liking when clean installing win10.

[rendon1111]

I found out the problem for me concerning this was high cpu usages which was being caused by ZoneAlarm. I uninstalled ZoneAlarm and I was torrenting normally again without any high cpu usage which was causing the crackling audio and stuttering system lag. Smooth as butter system once again while torrenting.

[magnatarn]

Got this wierd problem since I have installed windows 10 x64 pro and I' trying to blame windows for it , but it only happens when qbittorrent is running.
Might by a combo between both.
If qbittorrent started I get some kind of audio stutter/glitch in basicaly app .games , media playback, inside browser playback (youtube).
ram and cpu consumption are quite low from qbittorrent and i've seen on forum I'm not the only on with this problem.

I have the same stutter/glitch problem and it affects not only YT videos but all the system. Cursor lagging, file explorer, etc. using qb 4.1.5 (64bit), Win 10 Pro 1809 and Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller. To fix I've restarted my network adapter. The system runed smooth again until the next system restart. Any sugestions?

[todkapuz]

I am now experiencing this on Windows 7 Ultimate. Sadly trying to resolve this though the work around above has crashed the window to make network changes... but end qBittorent and youtube returns to normal.

[xavier2k6]

If you can reproduce this in latest 4.3.3, please create a "new issue"